{"id":12527,"date":"2020-05-08T09:34:08","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T09:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12527"},"modified":"2020-05-08T09:34:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T09:34:16","slug":"highest-single-day-rise-in-nigeria-as-381-new-cases-of-covid-19-push-total-to-3526-deaths-now-107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=12527","title":{"rendered":"Highest single day rise in Nigeria as 381 new cases of COVID-19 push total to 3526; deaths now 107"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Covid-19-test-Coronavirus.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Thursday night confirmed 381 fresh cases of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/we-have-discharged-10-covid-19-patients-edo-govt\/\">COVID-19<\/a>&nbsp;in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The freshly infected persons have now increased the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 3,526.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of fatalities also increased from 103 to 107 within 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The centre said on its Twitter handle that 601 patients had been effectively managed and discharged from the nation\u2019s isolation facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The breakdown of the new infection figure on state-by-state basis showed the following: Lagos (183), Kano (55), Jigawa (44), Zamfara (19), Bauchi (19), Katsina (11), Borno (9), Kwara (8) and Kaduna (7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others are \u2013 Gombe (6), Ogun (5), Sokoto (4), Oyo (3), Rivers (3), Niger (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Enugu (1) and Plateau (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/ncdc-issues-advice-on-face-masks-other-covid-19-containment-measures\/\">NCDC<\/a>&nbsp;said: \u201c3,526 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDischarged: 601 AND Deaths: 107.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Thursday night confirmed 381 fresh cases of&nbsp;COVID-19&nbsp;in the country. The freshly infected persons have now increased the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 3,526. The number of fatalities also increased from 103 to 107 within 24 hours. 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